Device for stringing fish



(No Model.)

A. H SIPPY.

DEVICE FOR-STRINGING FISH.

Patented Nov. 27, 1894.

m KM p -NITED STATES ALVIN H. SIPP Y, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

DEVICE FOR STRINGING FISH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,758, dated November 27,1894.

Application filed July 16, 1894- Serial No. 517,688. (No model.)

10 all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, ALVIN H. SIPPY, of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Stringing Fish, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

The object of my invention is to construct a device for stringing fish that may be easily carried in the pocket or a basket, is simple in construction and manipulation, and efficient in use.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device for stringing fish that when said device is'in use, the portion that usually depends and drags in the water will not be caught by moss, weeds, grass, &c., as is usually the case.

A further object of myinvention is to construct the needle portion of such a device as that said .needle will telescope into a sleeve or tube, in order that said needle may be carried in the pocket, or other receptacle, with perfect safety and not contact and injure the hand or person of the user.

A further object of my invention is to construct a device for stringing fish that may be quickly and easily put together, or taken apart, and without'the forming or tying of a plurality of knots in the cord constituting a portion of the device.

Myinvention consists primarily in a needle telescoping in a sleeve or tube, an eyelet formed in one end of said needle, a cord, one end of which is passed through said eyelet and the other end of which is looped to a frame, said frame being formed of a single length of wire, or analogous material.

'My invention further consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lies a perspective view of my complete device, the different parts being placed together as required for practical use. Fig. 2 is'a view in perspective of the needle. Fig.

3 is a top plan view of a sleeve or tube and the needle positioned therein as itappears when said tube and needle is carried in the pocket, or other receptacle, and not in use. Fig. 4 is a top plan View of the sleeve or tube and having the needle in position therein as required for practical use. Fig. 5 is an en --larged cross-sectional view taken approximately in the longitudinal center of-the tube and. needle. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the wire frame I make use of in carrying out my invention.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates the needle which has its forward end pointed or attenuated, as indicated by the numeral 2, and its rear end flattened, as indicated by the numeral 3, said flattened portion having therein an eye 4, said eye being wedgeshaped or pointed for a purpose that will be hereinafter more clearly specified. At a point near the longitudinal center of the needle 1, and formed integral withsaid needle, is a lug 5.

6 indicates the sleeve ortube, the same having its forward end 7 gradually rounded, the interior of this tube being of a diameter equal to that of the needle 1. Approximately in the longitudinal center of this tube 6 is a longitudinal slot 8, the same having the slots 9 extending'at right angles therefrom and connecting with a short longitudinal slot 10 extending parallel with the main slot'8. When the needle is in position within the tube 6, the lug 5 is adapted to be located and slide in these slots 8, 9 and 10.

- The frame 11 comprising the lower end of my device is composed of a single length of wire, or analogous material. In the center of this length of wire is formed'a ring or loop 12, from which extend in opposite directions, the portions 13, the same being bent downwardly and outwardly as indicated by the numeral 14. One end 15 of said length of wire is now bent forward in the same vertical plane, and parallel with the portions 13. At a point immediately below the loop 12, a ring or loop 16 is formed in the portion 15; from thence the end 17 is continued forward in the same plane as that of the portion 15; here it is bent slightly downward, as indicated by the numeral 18, and then terminates in the rearwardly bent portion 19. The end of the other downwardly bent portion 14 is bent into the longitudinal portion 20, the same being in the same plane with the portion 15. The end of this portion 20 is passed through the loop 16 and has its end 21 coiled around the portion 15. An ordinary cord, such as 22, having in its lower end an ordinary loop 23, completes my device.

hen it is desired to connect the needle and frame of my device to the cord, the loop 23 of said cord is placed over the portions 17 and 19 of the end of the wire frame, moved along the portion 17, and-into the loop 16. The upper end and entire length of the cord is now passed through the loop 12. The free end of the cord 22 is now passed through the Wedge-shaped eye 4 in the flattened portion 3 of the needle 1, this rear end of the needle being withdrawn from the tube 6 and the lug 5 occupying the rear one of the slots 10. The

needle carrying said lug is now drawn rearwardly until the lug 5 contacts with the end of the rear slot 10. The tube 6 is now slightly rotated, which bringsthe slot 8 immediately in front of the lug 5. By now forcing the needle 1 forward, the attenuated point 2 will pass through the forward end 7 of the tube 6, and the flattened portion 3, in which the wedge-shaped eye carrying the end of the cord, is located, will be drawn into the rear end of the tube 6. By so doing, the cord will be forced or wedged into the end of the wedgeshaped eye 4, thereby rigidly securing the cord to the needle. By now slightly rotating and forcing rearwardly the needle 1, the lug 5 carried thereby will be located in the forward one of the slots 10. It will thus be seen how the different parts of my device are put together. By a reversal of the movements just described, it will also be seen how they may be taken apart when not in use. Thus it will be seen how I have constructed a device for stringing fish that possesses superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency.

I have found that in the use of ordinary stringers that when said stringers are depending from a boat, or being dragged through the water, the tendency is to collect or be caught by moss, weeds, grass, the. By forming the base frame in accordance with my invention, these difficulties and annoyances are entirely overcome, as a frame so constructed will not collect moss, grass, Weeds, 850., nor will it offer any resistance thereto.

hat I claim is- 1. A device for stringing fish, comprising a needle telescoping within a tube or sleeve, a cord, one end of which is carried by said needle, and a frame formed of a single piece of wire carried by the free end of said cord.

2. In a device for stringing fish, a needle telescoping within a sleeve or tube, stops for limiting the movement of said needle in said tube both longitudinally and axially and means for securing one end of a cord to said needle without making a knot too large to pass into said tube. v

3. In a device for stringing fish, the combination of a rod having an attenuated forward end, a flattened rear end in which is located a wedge-shaped eye, a lug carried by said rod, and a sleeve or'tube adapted to receive said rod and having a longitudinal slot therein,

said longitudinal slot adapted to guide the movement of the lug upon the rod.

4. In a device for stringing fish, a frame composed of a single length of wire having a loop or eye in the center thereof and bent into rectangular form and having a loop or eye formed near one of the ends of the length of wire in combination with a needle and cord connected with said wire.

5. In a device for stringing fish, a tube or sleeve having a longitudinal slot therein, and lateral locking slots connected to the ends of said longitudinal slot in combination with a needle, a lateral projection on said needle engaging said slots, and a cord connected to the needle.

6. In a device for stringing fish, the combination of a sleeve or tube having alongitudinal slot therein, locking slots connected to said longitudinal slot, a needle adapted to telescope within said tube, a lug carried by said needle and adapted to slide within the slots in the tube, a wedge-shaped eye in the flattened end of said needle, a cord, one end of which passes through said wedge-shaped eye, and a rectangular spring wire frame having therein loops by which said frame is carried by the free end of the cord.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALVIN H. SIPPY.

\Vitnesses:

PRITCHARD SHORE, J NO. 0. HIGDON. 

